Gnads wrote on Oct 19
th, 2024 at 4:52pm:
There is no lie ... it was all about power, (their)truth, treaty and reparations.
Wholly and solely. The actions of the state Labor Govts are proof of that.
Like them you don't seem to grasp - that NO means NO.
We voted NO on a constitutional change to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body to parliament, "The Voice."
That’s it. One single element from the Uluru Statement required a referendum and a double majority to pass. It didn’t, so there will be no Voice. Simple as that.
We did not vote NO on the entirety of the Uluru Statement or any future Indigenous policies. The Voice was one part, and that’s all.
YOU might have voted against everything else in your own head, but that wasn’t what was on the table.
Claiming we voted NO to everything else is as absurd as saying we rejected pineapple on pizzas at the referendum. Stop inventing nonsense. The question was crystal clear:
Quote:“A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
Do you approve this proposed alteration?”
What part of this don’t you get?
This is where you—and people like you—are outright lying about the situation, either out of sheer stupidity, wilful ignorance, or malicious intent.
It's been explained to you and your crowd countless times, so the fact that you persist with this false narrative is no accident. It’s a deliberate and deceitful choice.
Labor's platform was crystal clear when they ran for office. They made their intentions around Indigenous Australians known, and the people voted them in. If you didn’t bother to read it or couldn’t comprehend it, that’s your failure, not some secret conspiracy.
Everything that's happening aligns 100% with what they campaigned on. There’s no stealth agenda here, just your inability to face facts.
Here are a few examples straight from their election platform:
Quote:And we cannot look to the future without coming to terms with our past. That must start by listening to the generosity of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and acting – including through a Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution. We will work with Australia's First Nations people to achieve recognition, justice and a strong voice in our national affairs – because it's well past time to complete the historic task of reconciliation.
Labor is committed to reconciliation, truth-telling, the empowerment of First Nations people and to self-determination. These principles will guide and underpin Labor policies and programs. Labor supports all elements of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, including a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament, a Makarrata Commission for agreement making and a national process of truth telling.
Labor acknowledges First Nations people are the traditional custodians of the land. Today they are major landowners in Northern Australia making them key partners for Northern development. Labor will work with them to address systemic disadvantage, ensure quality education, housing and basic services, and provide training and skills so that First Nations workers so they can gain employment as skilled workers and to develop Indigenous cultural enterprises.
Labor will expand trades and traineeship opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
Australia’s Indigenous cultures are the oldest continuous cultures on earth. Labor is committed to effective protection of First Nations cultural heritage.
Support programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to work on and manage country that support jobs, particularly through considering expanding long-term funding of and recognition for the highly successful Indigenous Ranger and Indigenous Protected Area programs;
Labor supports the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and supports efforts to increase indigenous participation in UN forums.
Include provisions that have the effect of restricting the Commonwealth’s procurement arrangements from any form of preference for the purpose of:
iv. Implementing measures for the health, welfare and economic and social advancement of Indigenous people;
Ensure Australian uranium mining, milling and rehabilitation is based on world best practice standards, extensive continuing research on environmental impacts and the health and safety of employees and affected communities, particularly Indigenous communities;
Foster a constructive relationship between mining companies and Indigenous communities affected by uranium mining; and Prohibit the mining of uranium within national parks under International Union for Conservation of Nature protected area category 1A, category 1B, and category 2, and listed world heritage areas.
Full platform is available here.
You, Grap, and anyone else whining about this are not victims.
This is democracy in action, plain and simple.
All the information was out there for anyone willing to be informed on election day. If people chose to ignore it, that’s their problem.
The electorate was informed, and they cast their votes accordingly. That’s democracy.
If you can’t handle the outcome, take the advice of many like yourself when defending Abbott, Turnbull, Abbott and Morrison, and just leave.
Simple.
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